Road-leveler.



F. M. SETTLE.

ROAD LEVELER.

APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 4. 1914;

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' Patented se t. 14., 1915 Application filed March 4, 1914. SerialNo. 822 384.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. SETTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wynne l/Vo0d,- inthe county of Garvin and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRoad-Levelers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a road leveler,-

andthe principal object of the invention is toprovide a leveling machine which includes vertically adjustable scrapers for removing surplus dirt from the center of the road and scraping the same in the ruts formed by the wagon wheels, and to also provide rollers for packing the dirt into the Wheel ruts.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means for holding the scrapers in an adjusted position, means being so mounted that may be quickly moved from a lowered position.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the packing rollers that the dirt scraped into the ruts will be very tightly compressed and prevented from spreading out of the rut while being compressed.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the beams of the rear scrapers that they may be removably connected with the frame of the machine.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the rear scrapers that they will conform to the natural curvature of the this holding the scrapers raised to a road thus preventing the rear scrapers from digging into the road bed and forming furrows. t

This invention is illustrated in the-accompanying drawings 'wherein1 Figure 1 is a top plan View of the leveling machine. Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a frame denoted in general by the letter A which is provided with the rear truck B and forward truck C which carry the rollers D and forward supporting wheels E. The side bars 10 and 11 and central bars 12 are connected by the forward and rear transversely extending bars 13 and 14 and by the intermediate-transversely extending bars 12 to the rear truck B and brace the rear truck so that it will have no pivotal movement.

The rear scrapers are each provided with an inner and outer blade 20 and 21 which are carried by the beams 22. These beams 22 resemble'plow beams and have their forward end portions 23 brought together and secured in the clevises 24: by suitable means such as rivets or bolts. These clevises 2a are adjustably and removably connected with the hanger brackets 25 which are carried by the side bars 10 and 11 and braced against rearward strain by means of the links or rods 26. In order to adjustably mount the clevises the front ends of the clevises have been provided with a plurality of openings 27 which are placed one above the other so that a selected set of the open ings 27 may be placed in alinement with an opening formed in the hanger brackets with which the clevis is connected and a securing pin 28- passed through the alined openings of the clevis and hanger bracket. It should be noted that the upper and lower edges of the scraper blades 20 and 21 are cut diagonally so that when the scraper is in use, the dirt engaged by these blades will be moved toward the wheel ruts in the road and in front of the rollers D. The rollers D have concave edges so that when the rollers pass over the dirt which has been moved into the ruts, the dirt will be tightly compacted and pressed toward the'center of the rut instead of being forced out of the rut.

The forward scraping blade which resembles a cultivator blade is secured to the low-er end portion of the supporting bar or standard 30 and is of such width from the point 31 to the point 32 that the dirt scraped from the central portion of the road will be engaged by the inner scraping blades 20 of the rear'scrapers. The standard 30 passes between the bars 12 and is engaged by theroller 33 and guiding bracket 34 so as follows:

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39 and 40 upon the cranks a1. Clutch levers v these clutch levers in an operative position each of the levers is engaged by a spring carried by the bolt 46 which pivotally mounts the clutch lever.

The operation of this form of machine is The draft animals are connected with the tongue 47 and the machine is drawn along the road with the forward and rear scrapers in the raised position until a portion of the road is reached which needs to be level. The levers are now moved to release the chains 35 and 36 and the scrapers will drop to the road. The forward scraper rests upon the central portion of the road and the rear scrapers en: gage the side portions of the road upon each side of the ruts formed by the wheels of The forward scrapers will remove the surplus dirt from the central portion of the road'and move the same toward the sides where it will be en aged by the rear scrapers. These rear scrapers will move the dirt into the wheel ruts and the 'heavy rollers which support the rear end portion'of the scraping machine will pack the dirt into the ruts and thus cause the ruts to be filled. If the rollers were not provided with the concave ground-engaging faces, the dirt moved into the ruts would be forced out of the ruts, but by having the ground-engaging faces concave, the dirt is moved toward the central portion of the ruts and thus tightly packed in the ruts. By having the scrapers vertically adjustable, the scrapers may be independently ads justed according to the pitch. of road bed and may be 'moved out of engagement'with the roadbed when .it is desired to move the machine along the road without scraping the road. By having the clevises 24 adju'stably connected with the hanger brackets,

the incline of the beams 22 when in an operative position may be regulated. It will thus be seen that with this form of scraper, the entire surface of the road may be scraped and leveled and the wheel ruts upon both sides of the road filled in with one operation; V What is claimed'is: r 1. A road leveling machine comprising a supporting frame, a forward scraper carpositioned in spaced relation for gathering surplus dirt removed from the center of a road bed by said forward scraper and causing the same to pass between the scraping blades, and compressing rollers carried by said frame and passing over the dirt passing between the scraping blades of said rear scrapers to compress the same.

2. In a road leveling machine a supporting frame, a forward scraper carried by said frame and including a blade having its side edges extending in diverging relation toward the rear of the frame for moving dirt upon a road bed toward the sides of said frame, rear scrapers carried by said frame upon opposite sides of the forward scraper and each including scraping blades positioned in spaced relation for gathering dirt removed from a road bed by the forward scraper and causing the same to pass between the blades of said rear scrapers, and

compressing rollers carried by said frame for passing over material passing between the scraping blades of said rear scrapers to compress the same in a rut formed in a road. 3. In a road leveling machine a frame, a forward scraper carried by said frame and positioned in substantially the transverse center of the frame and having its scraping blade provided with diverging road-engaging edges for moving surplus material from the central portion of a road toward the sides thereof, rear scrapers carried by said frame and positioned adjacent the sides thereof, each including blades positioned in spaced relation with their road-engaging edges extending in diverging relation toward the front of the machine and positioned to gather the material scraped from the central portion of a road by said forward scraper and cause the material to pass between the scraping blades of said rear scrapers and into ruts formed in a road, and compressing rollers carried by said frame and positioned to travel over the material passing between the blades of said rear scrapers to compress the material into ruts formed by vehicle wheels in a road.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANCIS M. SETTLE. Witnesses:

J A. LAWRENCE,

B. B. PRIM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. O. 

